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BIG DATA
about how you spend your security dollars. For example, few
companies have a chief information security officer (CISO).
Invest in people and leadership.
■ Look beyond compliance—A primary opportunity lies in a
failure to act on information that has already been gathered.
"For too many organizations, it takes a major breach to get religion,"
he says. Do we really need to experience another incident to find a
common creed?
When describing himself on his blog, Krebs reveals, "Much of my
knowledge about computers and Internet security comes from having
cultivated regular and direct access to some of the smartest and most
clueful geeks on the planet."
Maybe we should all take his lead.
Moving Forward
Data security is vital to the success of our businesses in
many ways, and every retail professional has a responsibility
to remain educated and informed. As the experts are quick to
remind us, that means that we must take the steps to listen, as
well as to be heard. We have to build partnerships as well as
learning opportunities, and work together to find solutions. We
must arm ourselves with information, and make swift and sound
decisions when called upon. We have to expect the battles, and
win the war.
For many of us this is new territory. For others it is an
opportunity to refocus and remind ourselves of the importance of
communication, cooperation, and teamwork. For all of us, it is an
essential message that we must always strive to learn, flex, and adapt.
We have to look at our teams and our business in a new way. There
is a new paradigm in retail, and we'd better step up to the plate.
For more on this topic, see our article "The Challenges in Dealing
with Data Breaches—A Cybersecurity Panel Discussion" on page 39
from the 2014 Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) asset
protection conference.
BUILDING A NEW DEFENSE TEAM
Our greatest opportunity to overcome
these intrusions is through a
comprehensive approach that includes
information sharing and best-practice
protocols that support a joint defense
team. This is a shared responsibility
that will not only demand innovative
thinking, but joint cooperation
throughout an organization…and the
industry. To prevail over this imposing
threat to the business, we have to
work together.
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